Welcome to Bianca Nogrady's website, portfolio and diary
Current position
Freelance journalist – print and radio
I am a full-time freelance journalist and broadcaster, writing about science, medicine and travel for publications including New Scientist, Scientific American, The Australian, Australian Doctor, G Magazine, CSIRO’s Solve and Process , the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia's PathWay, and Australian Doctor’s subsidiary publication Australian Rural Doctor. I have also written for The Canberra Times and Chemistry in Australia.
I am a regular radio commentator for New Scientist magazine and can be heard weekly on stations including Kiwi FM, 2UE Sydney and Across Australia
Employment history
Senior medical journalist, Australian Doctor newspaper
From 2002 to April 2006, I worked as a medical journalist, writing news and feature articles on medical and medico-political issues for Australian Doctor, Australia’s leading weekly newspaper for general practitioners.
I acquired broad general medical knowledge to add to my science background, and cultivated an extensive network of specialist medical contacts for expert comment and as a source of news stories.
My job also involved monitoring developments in particular areas of interest including women’s health, drug regulatory affairs, screening programs, cardiovascular, metabolic and infectious disease.
I also regularly attended scientific conferences to identify possible stories, update my knowledge of an area and liaise with experts.
I have also acted as medical news editor on several occasions for up to three weeks at a time, which involves commissioning and editing work from staff writers and freelancers, sub-editing and proofing.
Highlights:
* Awarded a “Highly Commended” for Best Editorial Series in the 2005 Bell Awards for business to business publishing
* Awarded a "Highly Commended" in the category of Best Newcomer to Journalism in the 2002 Bell Awards
Journalist, CSIRO
From November 2000 until April 2002, I was employed as a journalist with CSIRO’s National Awareness Program, where I worked with divisional communicators to source, write and edit media releases on all CSIRO research areas for mainstream and specialist media. I also dealt with media inquiries and assisted with production of “Sci Files” – a monthly collection of radio interviews with scientists for mainstream distribution.
Founding editor, Scientriffic magazine, CSIRO
Scientriffic magazine – a bi-monthly science magazine for 7-10 year olds, was launched in November 1998 with me at the helm as editor. It was a one-woman operation where I organized and wrote the content of each issue, sourced or photographed images, liaised with the graphic designer, magazine sponsors, artists, printers and distributors, managed the magazine budget, and designed and maintained the Scientriffic website (www.csiro.au/scientriffic)
Other experience
Columnist for Chemistry in Australia magazine from July to November 1998, a monthly publication of the Royal Australian Chemistry Institute, writing a regular column on news and issues of interest to members of the Institute.
Producer and radio presenter of “The Sci-Files”, a half-hour weekly science radio show on CMS Community Radio FM103.1, Canberra from January to November 1998.
Editor-in-chief of Woroni, the Australian National University student newspaper in 1996, managing a large team of volunteer contributing editors and contributors, writing and editing news and feature articles, designing and laying out the publication using Adobe Pagemaker and Photoshop, liaising with advertising clients and printers, sub-editing and proofreading.
Skills
* Completed a Sub-Editing Fundamentals course through the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, University of Technology Sydney, 2005
* Completed Camera Craft 2 course at the Australian Centre for Photography, 2005
* Completed a Teeline Shorthand course and speed course through the Australian Center for Independent Journalism, UTS, 2004
* Fluent French speaker
* Experienced with Adobe desktop publishing programs Pagemaker and Photoshop
Academic qualifications
* Graduate Diploma in Scientific Communication, Australian National University, 1998
* Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, Australian National University, 1997. Subjects included neuroscience, genetics, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, the philosophy of science and medical anthropology.
Professional memberships
* Australian Science Communicators
* Australasian Medical Writers Association
Interests
I play cello with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra, enjoy bushwalking, indoor rock climbing and cooking obscenely fattening double-choc-chip brownies. My most recent New Year’s resolution was to cook one new recipe each week. So far, so good.
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